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procedures, shall be defined in by-laws or terms of reference that should be established in the next few months. 4.5. Approval was given to the election of Venezuela as the co-coordinator of the Regional Coordinating Unit for the 2005-2007 period. 5.
The Subregional Coordinating Unit shall be formed by five coordinators of the following subregions: •
Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay)
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Northern Andes (Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru)
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Northern South America (Colombia, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela).
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Mesoamerica (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama)
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Antilles (Cuba, the Bahamas, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago)
5.1. Approval was given to the election of the following countries to serve as the Subregional Coordinating Units: Southern Cone: Chile; Northern Andes: Peru, Northern South America: (decision delayed until the countries that did not attend the meeting can be consulted); Mesoamerica: Guatemala; Antilles: Cuba. 5.2. Jamaica was designated as liaison between the PLACEA and the Englishspeaking Caribbean countries. 5.3. The countries that form the Subregional Coordinating Unit shall remain in office for two years and may be reelected. 5.4. The functions of the Subregional Coordinating Units shall be as follows: •
To coordinate implementation of the PLACEA activities in each of the subregions.
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To promote ongoing communication, cooperation and integration among the countries of the subregion in the field of environmental education.
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To promote and coordinate the design and implementation of Subregional Action Plans, in accordance with the guidelines provided by the Regional Coordinating Unit.
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To support and disseminate Latin American and Caribbean discussion and dissemination processes in the field of environmental education, for which it may obtain support from ad hoc advisers or groups of advisers.
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To conduct follow-up and evaluation of the Subregional Action Plans through the National Coordinating Units.
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To report on the results of its management to the Regional Coordinating Unit. Programa Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Educación Ambiental